is captured over central Idaho as my trajectory boomerangs back to canyon country.
Mount Timpanogos looms more than 7,000 feet (2,130 meters) above greater downtown Provo, Utah and Utah Lake.
Dissected pediments extend below the Book Cliffs near Sunnyside, Utah.
from GJT to SLC and onward to GEG yielded several interesting views when the weather allowed. Remember, geologists always get window seats.
View northwestward across Grand Junction, Colorado shortly after departure. The sinuous dark area is the confluence of the Gunnison and Colorado Rivers.
View northward, turning into the Salt Lake Valley over Utah Lake with the snow-covered Wasatch Mountain front.
The historic earthen causeway for the Lucin Cutoff railroad line separates the Great Salt Lake into two waterbodies with differing aquatic ecologies.
A peculiar roller cloud, about 40 miles (64 km) in length along its north-south axis, sits atop and defines Hells Canyon in Idaho.